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Originally Posted by Skybird
Your last sentence, do you mean this military deal indicates a move away from coal-based power production in civilian industry, too?
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Ask Reece, I don't live in Australia.
I served on one of the last US diesel boats and a 688 class nuke, I know the best way to go to sea.
I'm concentrating only on the SSN part in this thread.
Aside from the start-up cost, Nuclear is the best way to power a sub. There's some risk if you screw it up and its a pain when you have to refuel, but that's at least twenty years down the road.
I got to know some folks in the RAN, they're good operators and some of our closest allies.